EdSHARe maintains a comprehensive record of publications that utilize the HS&B:80 and NLS:72 datasets. We appreciate your assistance in providing a citation or copy of your research work, including peer-reviewed articles and Doctoral and Master’s theses. Please send a bibliographic reference (including DOI or URL) to [email protected]. Your contributions help us keep our records up-to-date, increase the impact of your work, and support the broader research community.

Citing HS&B:80 

All publications and reports using EdSHARe data must include proper citations. Below are the recommended citations.

Grodsky, Eric, Jennifer J. Manly, Chandra Muller, and John Robert Warren. Forthcoming. High School and Beyond 2021 Follow-Up Data File Documentation. U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences.

Warren, John Robert, Adam M. Brickman, Jennifer J. Manly, Bharat Thyagarajan, Eric Grodsky, and Chandra Muller. 2025. Cohort Profile Update: High School and Beyond. Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Grodsky, Eric, Jennifer J. Manly, Chandra Muller, John Robert Warren. 2022. Cohort Profile: High School and Beyond, International Journal of Epidemiology, 51(5): e276–e284. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac044.

Acknowledging the Funders

Remember to acknowledge our funders! This is both required and essential to our ability to secure future funding.

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Using 2021 High School & Beyond data (HS&B:80/2021)?

The 2021 wave of HS&B:80 data collection was funded by the National Institute on Aging (U01AG058719) and the Alzheimer's Association (SG-20717567). 

Using 2014/2015 High School & Beyond data (HS&B:80/2014-15)?

The 2014-2015 wave of HS&B:80 data collection was funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2012-10-27); the National Science Foundation (HRD1348527; HRD1348557; DRL1420691; DRL1420330; and DRL1420572); the Institute on Education Sciences (R305U140001 and R305U180002); and the Spencer Foundation (201500075 and 20160116)

Using 2025 National Longitudinal Study of the H.S. Class of 1972 data (NLS:72/2025)?

The 2025 wave of NLS:72 data collection is funded by the National Institute on Aging (U01AG078533).

Do You or Your Co-Authors Work at Minnesota, Texas, Wisconsin, or Columbia?

We also appreciate center grant funding provided by (1) NICHD to The University of Texas at Austin’s Population Research Center (P2CHD042849), the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Demography and Ecology (P2CHD047873), and the University of Minnesota’s Minnesota Population Center (P2CHD041023); and (2) NIA to The University of Texas at Austin’s Center on Aging and Population Sciences (P30AG066614), the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Demography of Health and Aging (P30AG017266), the University of Minnesota’s Life Course Center (P30AG066613), and Columbia University's Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Alzheimer's Disease Disparities (P30AG059303).

IRB Information

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IRB Information

HS&B:80/2021 IRB

HS&B:80/2021 data collection was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the University of Minnesota (#STUDY00009650) and NORC at the University of Chicago (#21-02-148).

NLS:72/2025 IRB

NLS:72/2025 data collection was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the University of Texas at Austin (#STUDY00002705), Columbia University (#IRB-AAAU4659), and NORC at the University of Chicago (#21-07-389).